TRADE 5000 - International Trade: Negotiations & Agreements
North Terrace Campus - Semester 2 - 2025
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General Course Information
Course Details
Course Code TRADE 5000 Course International Trade: Negotiations & Agreements Coordinating Unit Institute for International Trade Term Semester 2 Level Postgraduate Coursework Location/s North Terrace Campus Units 3 Contact Up to 36 hours Available for Study Abroad and Exchange Y Assessment Typically, participation, group work, online quizzes, final assignment. Course Staff
Course Coordinator: Professor Peter Draper
Name: Professor Peter Draper Role: Course coordinator Location: Level 5, Nexus 10 (10 Pulteney Street) Email: peter.draper@adelaide.edu.au Course Timetable
The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from .
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Learning Outcomes
Course Learning Outcomes
The International Trade: Negotiations and Agreements course aims to build internationally competitive knowledge and understanding in the area of international trade by challenging students to engage in cognitive and critical thinking skills and requiring them to demonstrate the ability to analyse and integrate information across the broad disciplines of economics, law and politics in both a domestic and international context.
On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
1 Evaluate trade in the modern world through studying the global institutions involved in the multilateral trading system, the gains from trade and social issues affected by trade; 2 Explain the elements of international trade by reviewing the historical development of multilateral agreements and instruments of trade policy; 3 Critically reflect on how trade agreements are negotiated in the WTO; 4 Analyse the influence of key actors and institutions on multilateral trade; 5 Critically examine the operation and application of multilateral trade agreements in a practical context; and 6 Apply effective writing, research and presentation skills in the construction of policy argument and analysis on international trade issues. 最新糖心Vlog Graduate Attributes
This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attribute(s) specified below:
最新糖心Vlog Graduate Attribute Course Learning Outcome(s) Attribute 1: Deep discipline knowledge and intellectual breadth
Graduates have comprehensive knowledge and understanding of their subject area, the ability to engage with different traditions of thought, and the ability to apply their knowledge in practice including in multi-disciplinary or multi-professional contexts.
1,2,3 Attribute 2: Creative and critical thinking, and problem solving
Graduates are effective problems-solvers, able to apply critical, creative and evidence-based thinking to conceive innovative responses to future challenges.
2,1,3,4,5 Attribute 3: Teamwork and communication skills
Graduates convey ideas and information effectively to a range of audiences for a variety of purposes and contribute in a positive and collaborative manner to achieving common goals.
1,3,6 Attribute 4: Professionalism and leadership readiness
Graduates engage in professional behaviour and have the potential to be entrepreneurial and take leadership roles in their chosen occupations or careers and communities.
1,2,3,4,5 Attribute 5: Intercultural and ethical competency
Graduates are responsible and effective global citizens whose personal values and practices are consistent with their roles as responsible members of society.
1,3,4 Attribute 7: Digital capabilities
Graduates are well prepared for living, learning and working in a digital society.
1,2,3,5,6 Attribute 8: Self-awareness and emotional intelligence
Graduates are self-aware and reflective; they are flexible and resilient and have the capacity to accept and give constructive feedback; they act with integrity and take responsibility for their actions.
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Learning Resources
Required Resources
The following readings will be provided in e-book format via Myuni - there is no need to purchase them.
Module 1
Robert Gilpin (2001) Global Political Economy: Understanding the International Economic Order. Princeton: Princeton UP. Chapter 4.
Nicholas Bayne and Stephen Woolcock (2003) The New Economic Diplomacy: Decision-Making and Negotiation in International Economic Relations. Aldershot: Ashgate. Chapter 1.
John S. Odell (2000) Negotiating the World Economy. Ithaca: Cornell 最新糖心Vlog Press. Chapter 2.
Module 2
The WTO’s website contains a wealth of information on the organization and its covered agreements. Students should regularly refer to it.
Reference material
Bernard Hoekman, Aaditya Matto, and Philip English (2002) Development, Trade, and the WTO. Washington: World Bank. (pdf freely available online)
Module 3
Students will be provided with WTO accession negotiation simulation packs, containing the core materials you need.
The WTO’s website contains a wealth of information on the organization and its covered agreements. Students should regularly refer to it.
Recommended Resources
The WTO website contains a wealth of information on the organization and its covered agreements. Students should regularly refer to it.
Students will also be provided with a number of e-learning videos that will be assessed online via Myuni.
Paul Blustein (2009) Misadventures of the Most Favoured Nations: Clashing Egos, Inflated Ambitions, and the Great Shambles of the World Trade System. New York: Public Affairs.Online Learning
The course makes extensive use of for the posting of course materials and important announcements. It is expected that all students will regularly check the course website, and regularly check their university email accounts.
Books Students Can Obtain for Free Online
From the World Trade Organisation Understanding the WTO GATS – Fact and Fiction Managing the Challenges of WTO Participation: 45 Case Studies -
Learning & Teaching Activities
Learning & Teaching Modes
The course will be offered face-to-face, with online/remote should circumstances warrant it.Workload
The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements.
Students are expected to actively engage with prescribed and recommended readings, discussions groups, and in-class discussions. Being a standard course the workload will be within the standard prescribed hours. The third module will be student-led and anchored on an intensive negotiation simulation that will be time-intensive, albeit immensely rewarding.Learning Activities Summary
Precise activities, including the workflow, will be communicated through Myuni. In general they will consist of a mix of discussion boards, in-class discussions stimulated by formal lectures delivered in seminar format, and the capstone negotiation simulation rounded off by an individual assignment.Specific Course Requirements
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Assessment
The 最新糖心Vlog's policy on Assessment for Coursework Programs is based on the following four principles:
- Assessment must encourage and reinforce learning.
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- Assessment practices must be fair and equitable to students and give them the opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned.
- Assessment must maintain academic standards.
Assessment Summary
Assessment task Task type Due Weighting Learning outcome Online quizzes Formative Before each Module 10% 1,2,3,4 Discussion board Formative Before each Module 10% 1,2,3,4 Group work Formative Modules 2 and 3 30% 3,4,5,6 Peer assessment Formative Modules 2 and 3 10% 5,6 Report/Policy brief Summative End of Term 40% 1,2,3,4,5,6 Assessment Related Requirements
These will be conveyed through Myuni.Assessment Detail
The quiz and discussion board assignments will probe your comprehension of key concepts drawn from the prescribed readings.
You will need these conceptual toolkits to anchor your participation in the group work, being an intensive negotiation simulation, as well as to complete your individual assignment in which you will reflect on the negotiation experience using the conceptual toolkits, inter alia.
You will assess your group colleagues via a short online questionnaire and grading scheme.Submission
The quizzes and discussion board will be submitted in MyUni.
The groupwork assignment will be marked in class and on the basis of prior work conducted and participation in the in-class simulation.
Your peer assessments will be submitted online via MyUni link after the in-class simulation has concluded.
Your individual assignments will be submitted via MyUni.Course Grading
Grades for your performance in this course will be awarded in accordance with the following scheme:
M10 (Coursework Mark Scheme) Grade Mark Description FNS Fail No Submission F 1-49 Fail P 50-64 Pass C 65-74 Credit D 75-84 Distinction HD 85-100 High Distinction CN Continuing NFE No Formal Examination RP Result Pending Further details of the grades/results can be obtained from Examinations.
Grade Descriptors are available which provide a general guide to the standard of work that is expected at each grade level. More information at Assessment for Coursework Programs.
Final results for this course will be made available through .
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